Ancient Egyptian remple relief mural of Thutmose III making an offering, 1479-1425, q8th dynasty, Temple of Satis Elephantine. Louvre B65 or E12921 BI
Ancient Egyptian remple relief mural of Thutmose III making an offering, 1479-1425, q8th dynasty, Temple of Satis Elephantine. Louvre B65 or E12921 BIS G. Offering of incense; Thutmose III wearing a wig, false straight beard, necklace, holding conical censer. Height: cm; Length: cm; Thickness: 18 cm Sully Room 324. Thutmose III was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from 28 April 1479 BC to 11 March 1425 BC, from the age of two and until his death at age fifty-six; however, during the first 22 years of his reign, he was coregent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh. Satis, Satet, Satit or Satjet, Satjit iwas an Upper Egyptian goddess who, along with Khnum and Anuket, formed part of the Elephantine Triad. A protective deity of Egypt's southern border with Nubia, she came to personify the former annual flooding of the Nile and to serve as a war, hunting, and fertility goddess.
Size: 5039px × 3780px
Location: Louvre Museum
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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